tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23049393144572620002024-02-18T23:48:09.410-08:00The Beer Tasting SpotReviews of beers from around the world.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-55102674123307954862013-11-17T16:57:00.001-08:002013-11-17T17:22:00.988-08:00Georgian Bay Beer - 5% - Midland Beer Works<br />
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I bought Georgian Bay Beer based on it label more than anything else. A true tartan for the background and a silhouette of the Georgian Bay landscape speaks to you, especially this far from summer.<br />
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Midland Beer Works has a solid beer here. This is the kind of beer I would pick up by the case as a stand by for folks dropping by the cottage. When the drop in turns into a BBQ and a camp fire down by the lake...I'd want to have a case of Georgian Bay Beer on hand.</div>
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The slogan on the can: Georgian Bay - Beauty, Peace & Great Beer.</div>
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I'll drink to that! </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-56599250131454320592013-11-17T16:45:00.001-08:002013-11-17T16:53:19.450-08:00Rock Cut - 4.2% - Baysville Ontario<br />
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This is the second beer we've reviewed by Baysville Brewing. Interestingly, this is the second beer that we've liked from Baysville Brewing. </div>
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Rock Cut beer is richly flavorful, contrary to what the 4.2% alcohol might suggest. Smooth, this brew almost seems velvety. </div>
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A light beer that you can actually taste. Who knew. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-5412222815941492992013-11-13T17:49:00.001-08:002013-11-13T18:05:10.257-08:00Prison Break - Breakout Pilsner - 5.0% Double Trouble Brewing Co. Guelph Ontario<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I like the little town of Guelph, Ontario. About a million years ago I lived there and I feel a sense of home every time I visit. Any time I can I like to sample from the areas several breweries but I guess I'm slowing down a bit as I've not heard of Double Trouble Brewing Co. until now.<br />
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Their can brags about the usual. About how their beer is different and has an inspired flavour. Yeah...yeah...yeah...except this beer does!<br />
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This slightly unfiltered lager is hopped just right to deliver the great flavour they're talking about. More flavourful than any lager I've ever tasted this is a beer I will definitely buy again. Maybe Double Trouble Brewing Co. is a brewery I'll have to go back home to visit.<br />
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In fact I think we're going to put this on the favorites list!<br />
Nice job Double Trouble!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-35662886022418417872013-11-10T15:28:00.001-08:002013-11-10T15:28:21.922-08:00Tatra - 5.5% - Zywiec, Poland <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm not Polish but in the last few weeks I've had several Polish things pass through my life. For example, last weekend I stumbled into a Polish restaurant - Izba on the Queensway in Etobicoke, Ontario. I sat down and ate a meal that just taste good. It didn't leave a stunning impression on me. The perogies were good. The potato pancake was....good. It kind a just felt like home cooking. It was just good. It didn't expect anything from me and I didn't expect anything from it.<br />
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And so it is the same with Tatra. I'm not blown away by its unique flavour. I cracked the can, poured and enjoyed. It tasted the way beer should. Nothing more. Nothing less. It's beer you would expect to drink at home or at your favorite pub. That's it. Tatra beer is like comfort food....comfort beer.<br />
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Check them out at: (sorry - they don't seem to have an English site yet)<br />
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Here in Canada we are dealing with two major news stories. Our conservative federal government is trying to defend outrageous spending by a number of its senators. Our conservative municipal government in Toronto is trying to deal with Rob Ford, the crack head.<br />
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Needless to say, the nature of these issue is enough to drive anyone to drink. Moreover, they are enough to drive one to drink extremely left leaning beer.<br />
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For this reason I decided to crack open a Stolichnoe, beer brewed in Moscow.<br />
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Just look at this label. How could you not be drawn to it's neo-1984-esk art work.<br />
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Like most Eastern European beers, Stolichnoe is crisp. It has more barley flavour than most beers I've had from Russia. Nice tasting beer. Beer you could party hard with and end up on say YouTube trying some crazy stunt in Siberia while driving a Lada.<br />
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Investigating their web site I noted a beverage called Kvass, a combination of yogurt and yeast cultures. Now this interests me! I'm going to contact them and see if we can't get a sampling of this into Canada! Stay tuned!<br />
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I was expecting a heavy, over-whelming dessert beer with Mill St. Brewery's Vanilla Porter. I waited awhile to try this can. Generally I think of porters as a winter beer so when the temperature outside dropped below freezing tonight, I finished dinner and poured the draught.<br />
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This beer pours a great head on account of the nitrogen they charge the can with. Nice touch. Makes it look pretty in the glass and, true to the description on the can, smooth on the tongue. Now on to the taste.<br />
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Based on the label I had been bracing for a slug of chocolate, vanilla and dried fruit. Instead I met a very drinkable mildly flavoured porter that was subtle and delightful This is a very drinkable beer. Not sweet or syrupy, this is a cold weather beer I would go back to.<br />
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Well done Mill Street....once again!<br />
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I've got to be honest, when I first heard of Lake of Bays Brewing Company, I questioned its validity. How could anyone pretend for even a moment that you could have such an amazing job as brewing beer AND live in the most amazing part of Ontario. Baysville is a beautiful place and they brew a beautiful pale ale. Silky smooth with lots of hops flavor, this beers goes down well even if your not sitting on a cedar deck, with your feet up, listening to the loons call across the lake.</div>
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I was pretty excited when I found out that Molson-Coors, or Coors Brewing, or whoever they are now, decided to finally bring Coors Original back to Canada. For those of you who don't know this American standby - Coors Original is a refreshing and smooth brew from south of the border. In fact, it is certainly my favorite American beer! Some Canadians, frowning on American beer, claim it can only be consumed ice cold. I disagree and have spent 10 months floating around the Bahamas drinking from 24 smuggled cases that lived in the bilge of my boat. Still tasty at ocean temperature....but I digress.<br />
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The Coors Original that is being brewed in Canada is not the same as the American variety. Based on the taste, I'm guessing Molson is experiencing some backflow issues in their production as I got the distinctly bitter hint of Molson Canadian swilling around in the first can I opened. The Canadian brew is not quite as smooth and is lacking the softer flavors of its American cousin.<br />
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Is it close to the American version? Yes. Is it worth trying a can or two? Yes. But I would recommend you drink it cold....very cold. If you're looking for it in LCBO stores you may need to ask for it as "Coors Banquet". This according to a cute cashier who politely told me they "had no Coors Original, only the Banquet". I bought all 36 anyways.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329060855049456421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-11479023711775679922012-07-13T10:58:00.000-07:002012-07-13T11:00:00.072-07:00Ochakovo - 5.3% - Russia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This brew from Moscow is pretty darn tasty. A delicious beer you could enjoy when it's 10 degrees on a sultry Siberian summer afternoon. <br />
The extra alcohol does not influence the taste of this beer and the result is a smooth, crisp lager that any beer drinker would enjoy.<br />
Again, this is one of those stand-by beers that you can order and enjoy around the world.<br />
Here's to you Comrade!<br />
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Mill Street Brewery in Toronto, Ontario brews both my favourite beer, Tank House Ale, and some of the worst beer I've ever tasted Mill Street Ginger Beer. Needless to say the possibilities were endless for their Organic Lager. Fortunately, Mill Street Organic delivers.<br />
Crisp, smooth and refreshing it is a tasty lager with a bit more silkiness that I expected.<br />
It's nice to finally find a beer that doesn't taste like DDT.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329060855049456421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-88063587497166182932012-07-11T17:26:00.001-07:002012-07-11T17:26:55.745-07:00Kostritzer - 4.8% - Germany<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This beer scared me!<br />
Judging by the bottle this is a serious beer. Bavarian Purity Laws and the like.<br />
But this is a serious job and so I decided to try this Black Lager on a cooler summer night.<br />
All things considered this is a pretty good beer. Lighter in flavour than I was expecting, not bitter, actually quite refreshing. The flavour but less bite and silkiness than Guinness.<br />
Tasty.<br />
But still a serious beer.<br />
Beer to drink with men in lederhosen.<br />
Okay, maybe not so serious.<br />
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When you advertise on your bottles that you are the world's oldest brewery, you set yourself up for some intense reviews. Fortunately Hefe Weissbier it up for it. Full of flavour, cloudy, and rich in texture this beer is very close to Hoegaarden with a bit more depth to its flavour. Delicious!<br />
Fortunately, this German brewery is savvy enough to understand North American stupidity. On their back label they are careful to note- "Wheat Beer...Contains wheat."<br />
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I think if you are allergic to wheat and decide to drink a "WHEAT Beer" ...you've got it coming to ya.<br />
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Having experienced the charm of Polish vodka in the past I felt was ready for this Tyskie with some paint brushes that needed cleaning. Taking a deep breath, I snapped the top off this Eastern European swill and once again found that my judgement of a beer based on label or country of brewing was completely wrong!<br />
Tyskie is a good, solid beer. Mild and tasty this is another one of those delicious beers that surprises. While stronger than most at 5.5% is does not possess the jet fuel flavour that some stronger beers have.<br />
Did I mention smooth? Believe me, this Polish beer is smoother than some Polish women I know.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329060855049456421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-62440528169960215482012-07-06T13:22:00.002-07:002012-07-06T15:27:34.084-07:00Yankee Jim - 6.6% - Utica, NY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Having just moved a boat through Utica, New York I didn't hold much hope for this beer. However, if I was ever to go through Utica again I might just pick up a bottle or six of Yankee Jim. The 6.6% does not over power the beer and the claim of high gravity doesn't detract from the thirst quenching ability of this brew. This might be the beer to drink while passing the day fishing on the banks of the Erie Canal in upstate New York.<br />
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This one almost got away on me. You know when you begin drinking a beer and look back at the glass and suddenly it's gone? That's how VB goes down. A pretty smooth, light, thirst quenching beer to be tossed back while sitting around the barbie (BBQ - not the doll.) A Mountain Dew of beers.<br />
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Admittedly dreaded this one a bit. Again without justification! Expected heavy dark beer.<br />
Not the case with Newcastle Brown Ale. Delicious and nutty with a dark colour but not the weight of some darker beers. Again, a great beer out of England. I'm noticing a trend. No wonder they have so many pubs!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329060855049456421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-34037825915463990712012-07-01T14:32:00.000-07:002012-07-06T11:37:26.521-07:00Innis & Gunn Canada Day - 7.7% - Scotland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, I've been saving this beer for today and who wouldn't seeing as each bottle comes in it's own box. Happy Canada Day Everyone! There was a time when that would have been Happy Dominion Day which brings us to Scotland and this lovely brew. Powerful stuff that Canada Day 2012! You can certainly taste the oak aged process. I might say it has a hint of apples. You can read the side of the box for more flavour ideas (madeira cake, sherbet, and pear? What the hell is that doing in my beer?). The extra kick comes across with a sweetness that would be easier to drink on Canadian Thanksgiving, but not bad on July 1st!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329060855049456421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-19794296251875496022012-07-01T12:32:00.001-07:002012-07-06T15:28:02.841-07:00Neustadt Lager - 5% - Neustadt, ON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ah, a microbrew I've never heard of. I took a break from painting my house to try this lager form Neustadt, ON. While I've lived here my whole life, I've never heard of the place!<br />
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It poured out nice and bubbly, amber and unfiltered.<br />
It tasted like.....<br />
aluminum!!!???<br />
What the hell?<br />
Best before May 31, 2012!?<br />
Not good.<br />
Who's in QC at the LCBO these days?<br />
Maybe I need to try a fresh tin of this one!<br />
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Being a wee bit Scottish myself I feel somewhat ashamed that it has taken me this long to try a Tennent's lager. However, I now have and feel I'm a better person for it.<br />
It's bloody well not even July yet and we're burning up in the heat here in Canada. That said, its a perfect time to be sampling this smooth mellow lager from Glasgow. Not over powering or bitter, yet Tennent's has a substance and body that other blond lagers lack.<br />
As refreshing on a hot day as standing over top the lawn sprinkler in your kilt.<br />
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Do they even have lawn sprinklers in Scotland?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329060855049456421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-11787981101406932222012-06-27T12:16:00.001-07:002012-06-27T12:16:12.777-07:00Cobra - 5% - India (UK???)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, its a hot afternoon and I thought I'd try this bottle of exotic Indian Cobra Beer! I figure that if anyone knows how to brew a beer for hot, humid climates, it's got to be India!<br />
Smooth, with a nutty, bitter finish, I'm not sure I could tell the difference between this lager by Cobra and Heineken in a blind taste test.<br />
However, as I take this job seriously I decided to look Cobra up. Turns out it was once brewed in India. As I read more I found this beer, with interesting Hindi script and elephant designs in the bottle's glass, is actually brewed in the UK. Horrors! With more "research" I find out it is 51% owned by Molson-Coors and now brewed by a company named <i>Molson Coors Cobra India</i>. I might as well have opened a Molson Canadian!<br />
Funny....No ads running in the Asian subcontinent with a brown guy named Joe proclaiming..."I AM INDIAN!"<br />
Give them time.<br />
Knowledge is power....but it can also ruin the allure of an exotic brew.<br />
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P.S. Sorry I missed yesterday, I was drinking Moosehead and saw no reason to spend the time blogging about it. (Good beer but you've already had it!)<br />
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A delicious amber that is flavourful and smooth. The extra % alcohol over regular beers is noticeable with the sweeter tang of a fortified beer but this one lacks that jet fuel flavour that some stronger beers from North America possess.<br />
High quality, high alcohol beer.<br />
Do the English brew a bad beer? I don't think so!<br />
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Great <a href="http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=207">web site</a> too!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329060855049456421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-59462470682044240252012-06-25T12:57:00.003-07:002012-06-28T13:24:34.927-07:00Creemore Springs Kellerbier - 5% - Creemore, ON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Creemore Springs has been brewing beer since about 1987. They were my first brewery tour at the tender age of 17. Since then they have been brewing decent beers that I have enjoyed off and on for the last 20 some years.<br />
However, their Kellerbier really puts Creemore on the top shelf in my opinion.<br />
Full flavoured and spicy Kellerbier is a beautiful unfiltered beer that you'll be ordering anytime you get the chance. Seasonal and often out of stock this is a beer to grab when you can find it.<br />
Love this beer!<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329060855049456421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-57643638469463176482012-06-24T13:48:00.004-07:002012-06-24T16:27:31.346-07:00Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel - 5.3% - Germany<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You know what its like when you go to the fridge and all that's left is the dark beer and its a hot day and you're looking for a refreshing amber cause you just want something to cut your thirst but you take out the dark and crack it open anyways and don't expect any refreshment?<br />
That's what happened to me today.<br />
But unlike some dark beers that drink like a meal, Erdinger Dunkel is a delicious and refreshing dark beer. See, its a wheat beer that pours like a dark, with a great head, and is silky smooth to drink. Not overly heavy but full of refreshing flavour. Just enough bitter to wake up the palate. Actually it might just be unlike anything you've ever had before.<br />
A dark beer for a hot patio.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329060855049456421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304939314457262000.post-5811341029778224212012-06-23T13:33:00.001-07:002012-06-23T13:33:06.432-07:00Barking Squirrel Lager - 5% - Brampton, ON<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61sAZAWSyPZSUgXayN91EiG2W1ZIeGL-YmSjzNFCnx-rRbdT0DOQjuUfT-QyXD40Ahw-9zh6kegFNYu2G2I1K-qcJDpmy5L9GqK3VqGOCaSFTrAHzMIxZmWwobvHkuHPtsAYflc_GjTw/s1600/DSC08186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61sAZAWSyPZSUgXayN91EiG2W1ZIeGL-YmSjzNFCnx-rRbdT0DOQjuUfT-QyXD40Ahw-9zh6kegFNYu2G2I1K-qcJDpmy5L9GqK3VqGOCaSFTrAHzMIxZmWwobvHkuHPtsAYflc_GjTw/s320/DSC08186.JPG" width="320" /></a>I didn't have great expectations for Barking Squirrel Lager.<br />
I'm not a big fan of barking things, squirrels, or even Brampton come to think of it.<br />
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However I am a big fan of this beer.<br />
A little sweet with some seriously tasty hops make this smooth beer my new favourite.<br />
This beer has a terrific balance of everything you want in a brew.<br />
A great beer that I think is still, as yet, relatively undiscovered; but not for long!<br />
Check out their <a href="http://www.hopcity.com/" wrc_done="true">website</a>.<br />
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Hmmmmm....good things do come from Brampton. Who knew?!<br />
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With a Viking on the label why wouldn't I?<br />
Being some small part Dane I felt a connection to this brew.<br />
I was looking forward to it.<br />
The can cracked with a clunk, not the typical crisp fizz. The beer poured out, and was a pretty amber hue, but the flavour was about as flat on the tongue as the beer's carbonation. Not a terribly full bodied beer. Bitter but without depth. Nothing offensive but nothing to wear a horned hat about. Think Rickard's Red imported from Denmark.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0